BakeryandSnacks spoke to Ian Downes, owner and director of Start Licensing, about its newly launched program for Nadiya Hussain, winner of the BBC's Great British Bake Off in 2015.
BakeryandSnacks chats to Marta Ballesteros and Christine Cool who co-manage the licensing division of confectioner Perfetti van Melle about the 20-year brand-licensing ride they have had the Chupa Chups lollipop brand.
BakeryandSnacks spoke to Richard Pink, MD of Pink Key Licensing, about the power of heritage and how brand licensing can capitalize on it to take brands into places where the brand itself cannot go.
Mintel has revealed that modern takes on sustainability, health and wellness, and convenience will be the biggest influences of innovation next year, the latter certainly opening opportunities for the bakery and snacks sectors.
BakeryandSnacks spoke to Gustav Melin, global licensing director for Bulls Licensing, about the Moomin brand and its stance on collaborating with food producers.
Only a handful of women lead with world’s largest companies. Fortune 500 lists 20 in the position of CEO – actually, now 18 following the departure of PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Campbell Soup’s Denise Morrison – down from 32 in 2017.
As consumers increasingly opt to follow a healthy lifestyle, they are demanding more gluten-free, low-carb, whole grain, organic and paleo diet products. However, there will always be a way to find an excuse to give in to indulgence, especially when it...
Kellogg is collaborating with Feeding America and The Global FoodBanking Network to make it easier for people to fight hunger by donating the foods hungry families request most from food banks across the globe.
Downing Street is expected to introduce a new policy that all flour is to be fortified with folic acid in an effort to reduce the number of babies born in the UK with neural tube defects (NTDs).
An MiR100 portable heavy goods robot by Kantum and a flying drone called Prodroneto, which will be launched in December, made their debut at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018.
According to the International Licensing Industry merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) – the leading trade organization for the global licensing industry founded in 1985 – the retail sales of licensed goods in Europe reached $14.04bn in 2017. The annual...
Once perceived as an exotic delicacy – bought only as a luxury gift or an extravagant treat – the Chinese consumers’ taste for chocolate is growing and the ingredient is quickly cementing a niche for itself in bakery.
Nestlé announced it closed its joint venture with the Indofood Group last month, while PepsiCo reiterated its stance to not source palm oil – either directly or indirectly – from the company and its subsidiaries, purportedly linked to deforestation and...
